Chapter 113: Rat Shit

  Gentle words gave Ji Xin'an and her classmates a profound shock. Her previous self just wanted to be a soldier, and regarded it as an ideal, but she had never had such a deep understanding of the military culture without much contact with it, and today, Gentle made her have a deeper understanding of soldiers.

  "I know that what I'm saying now you may not understand, but I believe that when you graduate from military school and become a real soldier, you will remember my words today and understand." Wen Rou smiled slightly seeing some people's skeptical expressions and didn't say anything else.

  "Some girls have already run 2,000 meters, so I won't make you do morning exercises. We'll start with the simplest ones." Gentle looked at several female students under her, three of whom were still panting from being punished for being late just now.

  Several people were delighted after hearing this and didn't need to run anymore, which was more encouraging than anything else.

  The simplest thing Wen Rou said was to stand at attention, after finishing the key points of the action, everyone should stand upright and start standing at attention.

  For the first ten or so minutes, several people watched as students from other classes ran laps, feeling quite pleased with themselves. However, after half an hour had passed, their tightly clenched legs began to tremble and they couldn't help but feel itchy in some places and painful in others. At this point, they couldn't laugh anymore.

  "Keep your legs straight, lift your head and chest, tuck in your stomach, pay attention to the movement's key points, don't swing from side to side, stand steady." Gentle saw that some people's movements had already started to deform, so she walked back and forth correcting the movements, seeing someone's deformed movement and personally correcting it.

  Ji Xin'an had never stood at attention before, but her physical strength was there, and it wasn't hot now either. Half an hour wasn't a big deal for her, just considered exercise, still maintaining the standard military posture.

  "Instructor, how long do we have to stand?" someone couldn't hold it in and asked aloud. The person was standing behind Ji Xin'an, who couldn't see who it was, but from the voice, knew it wasn't someone from their own class. He secretly let out a sigh of relief, knowing that no matter how gentle this person was, they wouldn't be able to escape punishment, and might even drag everyone else down with them.

  "Do ten push-ups and then we'll talk." The gentle gaze fell on the girl who had spoken, and her soft voice spoke out such words, which was really quite eerie.

  "Why?" The girl looked at her in confusion, she was just asking a question and yet she had to be punished, this was also too unreasonable.

  "In the queue, you have to shout 'report', don't tell me you don't even know these most basic rules and regulations." Wen Rou's voice was no longer gentle at this time, it seemed that for those who dared to challenge her authority, she was not stingy with her dignity.

  That person was taken aback, she indeed knew this, but it had become a habit to speak freely whenever she wanted, and now suddenly changing was hard to notice. "Next time I'll definitely pay attention, can't you just let me off? I couldn't even do five, let alone ten." She pleaded with a bitter face.

  "Twenty push-ups." Gentle had no mercy for her display of weakness and instead added to the amount.

  "Report to the instructor, Yu Hui just wasn't paying attention for a moment, can you give her another chance? Moreover, twenty push-ups are too many, with her physical strength she can't do it at all, you can't give her an impossible task." A girl next to Ji Xin stood up and spoke out in defense of her, but the more she did so, the worse the situation became.

  Gently looking at the girl, "Has anyone given you permission to speak?"

  "The female student listened for a moment and didn't know what to say. She also remembered that she seemed to need approval after finishing the report before speaking."

  "What's your name and why are you speaking for her?" asked Wen Rou gently as she walked up to her and looked into her eyes.

  "Report, I'm Wu Wei, the monitor of Class 1, Department of Computer Science, '99. As a monitor, it's my responsibility to take care of my classmates." Wu Wei said proudly, looking up at the instructor.

  She comes from a military family, but she also came here with her own strength. She has been the class leader since childhood and thought that there would be too many excellent people in the military school to become the class leader again. However, as soon as she arrived, she was chosen by the team leader as the deputy class leader. Now, she wants to win over several girls in her class and strive to continue serving as the female class leader after three months.

  "Taking care of your own classmates is indeed your responsibility, but it's not about helping her defy the instructor." The gentle words froze Wu Wei's smile on his face.

  "But your request is unreasonable, we have the right to question it." Wu Wei still didn't give up.

  "It's a pity, you don't have that right now. I gave you the opportunity, but you kept making mistakes. Now everyone has to do thirty push-ups, starting immediately." The gentle voice was cold and made everyone feel a chill in their hearts.

  "What's wrong with us, we didn't do anything wrong." Lu Ziyuan almost jumped up after hearing this, and Ji Xin'an thought of stopping her but it was too late. He thought to himself that he would have to add ten more, he himself wasn't affected, but the others might not even be able to hold their chopsticks in a while.

  "Forty." Gentle as if he had expected it all along, stood there without even moving his eyes.

  Ji Xin'an looked at Wen Rou, who was motionless, and knew that this was the first move. If he didn't make a move, how could he say anything? So he was the first to fall to the ground and start doing it, followed by Luo Jia-yi, who also fell to the ground.

  She looked at Jing Xin'an with a gentle surprise. Many new recruits or students would question unreasonable orders like Yu Hui or Wu Wei, and what she had to do was make these new students understand that as soldiers they must obey orders, whether right or wrong. The initial process was completely necessary, and she thought there would be several dissatisfied ones standing out, but unexpectedly, some students executed it without a word.

  Several people in the second class also remembered Zou Ze's warning yesterday, so they stopped talking and started doing it. When Lu Ziyan lay down, she was still muttering, "One grain of mouse dung can spoil a pot of porridge." It seems that being implicated made her very unhappy.

  "What did you say?" Her voice was softer than Hui's but she still heard it and looked at her with indignation.

  "Whoever makes a mistake and gets everyone punished together, I'll say it's them." Lu Ziyuan said while doing push-ups with difficulty.

  Yu Hui was about to say something when she was pulled back by Wu Wei, who then led a group of people in doing push-ups. It seems that Yu Hui still has some prestige among the eight girls in Class 2.

  Ji Xin'an completed forty with standard posture, the first standing upright, still with the same standard action essentials as before.

  Next to stand up were Luo Jia-yi and the class monitor Wu Wei, but the rest of the people didn't find it so easy. Forty was a bit difficult for them, and their movements weren't very standard either. Wen Rou saw this but didn't say anything, after all, she couldn't push them too hard at once. After several people stood up in succession, the remaining people really couldn't do it anymore, and they simply lay on the ground and refused to get up.

  "There are still five minutes left, if it's not done, everyone will add twenty more." He looked gently at the few people on the ground and continued.

  "Report." The female student Yu Hui, who had asked the question at first, learned her lesson and remembered to shout "report" this time.

  "Speak." Wen Rou's gentle voice suddenly broke into a soft laugh, unexpectedly she still had a bad memory.

  "We've already finished ours, why can't they finish theirs and we still get punished?" Yu Hui had just stood up when she heard the instructor's words and asked panting.

  "I want to make it clear that unity is one of the essential qualities for soldiers. Since you are a unit, if one person makes a mistake, everyone will be punished. This also tells you that from now on, your every word and action will not only represent yourself, but also represent your entire unit." Wen Rou's tone was gentle as if explaining to her, but her voice sounded like an order.

  "Since it's a whole class, we should be considered as one entity. Everyone in our class has already finished, so there's no need to punish us again, right?" Now only Lu Ziyuan and He Yixuan are still lying on the ground, looking like they really can't exert any more strength. Yu Hui sees that the girl who just spoke up is still on the ground, glares at her with a triumphant expression, feeling very pleased to have retaliated against what happened earlier.

  "Since you asked for it, I'll grant your wish. Because of your questioning of the instructor's orders, all members of Class A will be penalized 20 points. The two of you on the ground can get up after finishing the remaining ones." The gentle words caused a brief pause, followed by a chorus of groans from several members of Class A, and Yu Hui was so angry that she wanted to strangle herself.

  Lu Ziyan seemed to have gained momentum after hearing this, and after finishing the last few, she stood up and looked at Yu Huixian with a smile of schadenfreude, "Hmph, it serves you right."

  Yu Hui was about to argue with her when Wu Wei stopped her, glared at Lu Ziyan and knew that saying more would lead to more mistakes, so she led a few people from their class to receive additional punishment.

  At this time, the other teams had finished their morning exercises and stood at attention for a while before dispersing. The playground was empty except for them, and surprisingly, there were also boys from Ji Xin'an's class who were being punished. Ji Xin'an couldn't help but think that they really hit the jackpot, encountering such an unusual instructor.

  Watching the students from other classes head to the cafeteria, Yu Hui finally couldn't hold on any longer and collapsed to the ground. "I'm done for, I really can't do it anymore, no matter what you say."

  "The second group can disperse, others continue, no dinner if it's not done." He looked at her gently, without any sympathetic meaning.

  "What right do they have to leave first?" Yu Hui's tears were welling up in her eyes, she had never suffered such hardship since she was young, and now she was watching her own team disband before her very eyes, the grievances in her heart could no longer be hidden.

  "You didn't say that a class is a whole, did you? We've finished, of course we're leaving." Lu Ziyuan said and left with He Yimei supporting He Yixuan, not showing any signs of just wanting to collapse on the ground. It seems she still has potential, it's just a matter of how to stimulate her.

  "I'm watching you all here, when it's done, disperse and eat. If it's not done by the time military training starts in the morning, then don't even think about having breakfast." The gentleness she is showing now is completely different from the first impression she gave to everyone.

  Ji Xin'an and a few others didn't care about the envy and jealousy of the people behind them, but instead hurried towards the cafeteria, looking in Zhou Ze's direction. In their hearts, they were still thinking of helping him get food, otherwise when they went there would be nothing left.

  "You guys said that Yu Hui was too much, originally it was her who caused the trouble, we didn't say anything, just looking at our class being left out, wanting to distinguish between classes 1 and 2, as a result she ended up getting punished, people like her should be treated this way." Lu Ziyan said with a pleased expression, it's clear that happiness requires comparison, if the students from Class 1 hadn't been penalized, she would definitely be complaining now, but instead she was still excited.

  "You're also making us do ten more, and yet you're blaming others." Although Luo Jia-yi had a good physical condition, it didn't mean she liked being punished.

  "Who knew she was so unreasonable, just saying one sentence would add ten more, if I had known, I'd rather die than speak, it's exhausting, my arms are all soft." Lu Ziyuan said, waving her arm.

  "You didn't see the consequences of those two people in their class talking nonsense, you're stupid and can't even see that she's just messing with us." Lu Jia-yi glared at her angrily.

  "Alright, let's not say anything more. Since we're now a single entity, let's not blame each other. We can only reduce our punishment by uniting and cooperating well. From today on, it's clear that these three months of military training won't be easy. In the future, we must be careful because if we make mistakes, not only will we suffer but also implicate others. However, there's no need to be overly cautious since she really wants to find fault with us. No matter how careful we are, it won't work. If someone gets implicated in the future, don't blame her. Actually, she said something right - we're a single entity and must take responsibility for everything together. We want to be the most united class among all the new students." Ji Xin'an smiled as he looked at several people, fearing that just a few push-ups would cause internal conflicts. Such things will happen often in the future; it's better if everyone is prepared early on.

  "An'an is right, as long as we unite, then in the future, only one class of people will be punished, and it's much better for us to have nothing to do with it." Lu Ziyuan couldn't help but feel a sense of longing after hearing this.

  Others who heard her words couldn't help but laugh, although what she said was a bit naive, it's indeed delightful to think about.

  A few people had eaten halfway when a group of eight finally arrived at the cafeteria, but by the time they came, there was no food left in the cafeteria.

  "What to do, nothing is left, and we're not allowed out of the school gate. Do they want us to starve to death?" Yu Hui was originally hungry, and after doing so many push-ups, she didn't think the cafeteria food was bad-tasting anymore. But now, even this stuff that she usually thought was hard to eat was gone.

  "Let's go buy some instant noodles to eat, can't starve ourselves before the afternoon training. Next time be more careful." Wu Wei saw that there was no other way, and in her heart, she was actually blaming Hui, but at this point, what could she say? If she blamed her, the good impression she had established in Hui's heart would be gone. Missing one meal wouldn't hurt anyway.